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Golau Caredig Extra Care, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

On this page you will find the most recent information on funding housing and related services in Wales that may help stimulate the development of extra care housing and/or support wider housing, health and wellbeing objectives for older people.

Housing with Care Fund

This guidance document provides details of the Welsh Housing with Care Fund (HCF) subsidy scheme to encourage the provision of supported housing and accommodation for vulnerable people in society with care and support needs.

Social Housing Grant (SHG): Guidance for Registered Social Landlords and Local Authorities

This Welsh Government publication provides guidance on the procedures for the management of the Social Housing Grant (SHG), the main source of Welsh Government funding for affordable housing in Wales.

Integrated Care Fund

This report by the Auditor General for Wales examines the Welsh Government’s Integrated Care Fund and its drive to enable integrated working between social services, health, housing and the third sector and independent providers.

In Brief – A Healthier Wales: our plan for health and social care

This report sets out the Welsh Government’s long-term plan for health and social services in Wales.

Welsh Government Integrated Care Fund Guidance

Guidance from the Welsh Government on the Integrated Care Fund

The Welsh Government’s Supporting People Programme

Published by the Welsh National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee, this report discusses the concerns surrounding the proposed merging of the Supporting People Programme with non-housing grants.

Welsh Government announce £50m to deliver joined-up care closer to home

Welsh Government pledge £50m to join-up health, social care and housing services with care delivered closer to home.

The Cost of Caring for an Ageing Population

This WLGA report written in partnership with ADSS Cymru, comments on the Finance Committee's inquiry into the cost of caring for an ageing population.

Supporting People budget protected

The Welsh Government publishing its 2-year revenue plans (2018-20) in October 2017 in order to provide some certainty and stability for local government and the health service as they plan for the future

The Welsh Government's Supporting People Programme

This report highlights that more needs to be done to ensure that service planning builds on good quality information about peoples' needs and makes a number of recommendations to the Welsh Government on issues...

Sector risks facing housing associations in Wales

This paper from the Welsh Government takes a detailed look at the potential risks facing the housing association sector in Wales in an increasingly complex and diverse sector. It includes a section...

Vibrant and Viable Places

The Welsh Government have set aside £100 million from 2014-2017 to help local authorities invest in town centre regeneration, coastal communities and Communities First areas. Allocated through a two stage...

Social Housing Grant in Wales

Details of all capital grants available from the Welsh Government to fund social housing and regeneration can be found on their website (see link) below. In 2015/2016, the amount allocated under the...

Intermediate Care Fund in Wales 2016-17

The Welsh Government has announced £60m funding to continue projects which have proven to be successful in helping older and vulnerable people remain in their own homes. This £40m increase from the 2015...

Housing Finance Grant - Wales

The Welsh Finance and Government Business Minister, Jane Hutt, has allocated £5.8m from the government's 2014/2015 Supplementary Budget to build more homes for rent in the social housing sector. It...

The Socio-Economic Impact of the Welsh HA and Community Mutual Sector

This report by the Welsh Economy Research Unit at Cardiff University for Community Housing Cymru highlights the benefits of housing associations in Wales' contribution to the economy, estimated at £2bn....

Independent Review of the Supporting People Transition Year

This report reviews planning and commissioning arrangements following transition to the new Supporting People programme grant and makes a number of recommendations for the Welsh Government and partners...

£37m investment to improve the housing supply and boost the economy

The draft Budget for Wales, 'Priorities for Wales' includes a £37 million funding boost for a variety of housing measures to increase the housing supply and provide a boost to the Welsh economy. To view...

Welsh Housing Quality Standard

The Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) requires all social landlords to improve their housing stock to an acceptable level by 2020. With 98% of the specialist housing for older people in the public...

Intermediate care fund

In December 2013, the Welsh Government announced announced a £50 million Intermediate Care Fund for 2014/2015. The Fund included £35m revenue from the Local Government budget and £15m capital from the...

Extra care housing grant

The Welsh Government previously had an extra care housing capital programme. In 2006, it published guidelines for the then £50m, 3 year programme (2006-2009). The guidelines for developing extra care...

Supporting People Programme Grant

The £136 million Supporting People Programme in Wales provides housing-related support to help vulnerable people to live as independently as possible, including older people in specialist or sheltered...

Disabled Facilities Grants

Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) are a means-tested mandatory grant provided by local authorities to enable disabled people to continue to live in their own homes. They can be used for adaptations to...

Rapid Response Adaptations Programme

Currently only available to older owner-occupiers and private rented sector tenants. The programme allows an immediate response to specific needs by providing minor adaptations such as ramps or handrails...

Physical Adaptations Grants

Physical Adaptation Grants provide the means for Registered Social Landlords ("housing associations") to undertake adaptation works to the homes of tenants who need them where identified as being needed...

Independent Living Grant

Although not currently available, the Independent Living Grant programme was piloted in 2011-12 and a further round took place at the end of the 2012-13 financial year. The programme helped to reduce...

For information on a variety of funding initiates in England, visit our 'Funding Matters' pages.

Please do let us know if there are relevant items on capital and revenue expenditure that you think should be uploaded on this funding page so that we can share them with Housing LIN members in Wales. Email Cymru@housinglin.org.uk